Ann Richards
Ann Richards
Dorothy Ann Willis Richardswas an American politician and the 45th Governor of Texas. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. Bush. Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 September 1933
CityLacy Lakeview, TX
CountryUnited States of America
She's always going to take on whatever is the toughest challenge.
I was really pleased ... we were all really nervous going into this debate and I thought that John Kerry knocked it out of the ballpark,
I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.
I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.
You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.
I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.
I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression, and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew. Leaders who told us when things were tough, and that we would have to sacrifice, and these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
A road to a friend's house is never long.
The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.
Life isn't fair, but government must be,